From Beyond Today Magazine Countercultural Virtues: 6 Ways to Live Differently in a World Focused on Power and Fame September 20, 2024 By Becky Sweat Modern society often prioritizes wealth, power and pleasure, leading to emptiness and frustration. Biblical virtues like meekness, patience, mercy, humility, modesty and trust in God offer true fulfillment. Though countercultural,…
Peter tells us to add patience, which is endurance, to our faith. This is an attribute of the Holy Spirit, a part of God’s “divine nature.” Patience/endurance is part of God’s nature, but questions arise. So, what has He endured? What sufferings did He endure? What is it about His divine nature that is patient and enduring? READ MORE.
All things are complete in the body of Christ, who is the head of the body, His church. It pleases God that within His Son all fullness dwells (Colossians 1:16-19), For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or…
https://wordpress.com/reader/users/inkstainsdaydreams There was a man named Mephibosheth which is a hell of a name to carry when the world has already forgotten yours. Son of Jonathan. Grandson of Saul. Born underneath a falling house he never asked to inherit. READ MORE.
Genesis, the beginning, the genes of God God’s purpose is to reproduce Himself. This is the foundation of all His works, and He has embedded this purpose in the “law of harvest,” the law He established from the beginning. To grasp the magnitude of this, we must rise to a high vantage point—fifty thousand feet…
From Worthy Ministries: Worthy Brief – 9/17/2026 Friend, do not despise the day of small things! Matthew 13:31-32 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it…
There are many religious beliefs that are delusions. We have been led into a Babylonian captivity by the doctrines and traditions of men. (2 Th. 2:10-12; Is. 66:4) These two passages are the only places the word delusion(s) is used in the entire Bible. The Hebrew word for delusions is taaluwal – caprice or any fanciful idea(s). The Greek word for delusion is plane –…
The Name, the Spirit, and the Fruit: Three Threads Woven Into One Revelation There are seasons when the Spirit lays scattered truths before us, not as finished doctrines but as threads waiting to be woven. These notes, carried in my journal since 2003, have ripened into a single vision. Three truths appear again and again:…
Even if we think sin is harmless, scripture tells us it puts us in jeopardy of losing eternal life that we are promised if we are obedient to following after righteousness (Romans 6:10-16). For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves…
A Devotional from Worthy Ministries: The Lord Is My Light! Psalms 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? As the shofar sounds each day of Elul, Psalm 27 is read according to Jewish tradition. This psalm is…
https://wordpress.com/reader/users/inkstainsdaydreams Ahithophel knew things. That was his trouble. He knew which road an army would take when the rain came. Knew how many men a king could lose before victory started looking like defeat. READ MORE.
Most people assume they can recognize God when He speaks. Christ says otherwise. According to Him, only His true sheep—those born of His Spirit—can hear His voice, discern truth from deception, and follow Him into the life of the Kingdom. Everyone else, no matter how religious, remains deaf to the Shepherd standing right in front…
https://wordpress.com/reader/users/inkstainsdaydreams They always tell you about the boy who left. How he took his father’s money and his mother’s prayers and headed down the road with a pocket full of tomorrow and no idea what tomorrow costs. READ MORE.
Oh the consequences we face if we stand for the righteousness of God. Yet if we truly bear the name christian we do not back down when evil is before us knowing God stands with us no matter what others may think. We live in a world where evil is viewed as good and vice…
“What difference does it make? This is often asked by those who cling to the old assumption that the church is the bride of Christ. My thesis is simple: it makes a great difference to God, because God is truth, and to speak falsely about His Son, His plan, or His prophetic order is to dishonor Him. Christ declared, “I…
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